'Dual Use' Parts Not Illegal Under International Law

While the Turkish government has refused to provide any details about the supposedly “objectionable” material they seized from a detained Syrian passenger plane earlier this week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has provided some details.

According to Lavrov the plane’s cargo included electronic parts related to radar systems, conceding that the parts were theoretically “dual purpose” but insisting that there are no international conventions preventing such shipments. He added that Russia is demanding the return of the cargo.

Russia routinely sends arms shipments to Syria, but does so by sea, not aircraft. They denied using the plane to “smuggle,” noting that with the sea shipments they have no reason to try to do so in the first place.

Turkey forced the civilian plane down and held it for several hours. Russia has complained that this amounted to an act of “air piracy,” while Syrian officials have accused Turkey of lying about the claims that they found anything illegal, adding that the cargo manifest was accurate and legal.

A commercial flight traveling from Russia to Syria was "hijacked"–in a 'terrorist' fashion–by the Nation of Turkey…whose 'supreme' "mouthpiece" (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan) originally claimed carried "ammunition"…which apparently wasn't even the case based on this 'new' "information" allegedly 'released' by the Nation of Turkey's Government…

I just feel bad for the Russian "civilians" who had to suffer the "human rights abuses" of being hijacked by "terrorists" (against "international 'law'") and being denied food for over 8 hours…someone could have 'died'….

Anywho…

I could comment on the "non-lethal" radar 'equipment' allegedly being 'shipped' to the Nation of Syria (which would have absolutely no practical application in tracking down and expelling the armed militant insurgent "terrorists" currently in the Nation of Syria), but I personally view such an exercise as a waste of time at the moment…

The only "information" (if 'true', of course) of value I took away from the "CBS NEWS" piece linked was the following:

"On Friday, President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting of his Security Council that focused on the situation in Syria, the Kremlin said without providing details."

Maybe Russia should provide a military escort when its flights are in, or near the reckless terrorist nations like Turkey. Russia is going to put the hammer down on the terrorist rebels, and interlopers seeking to turn Syria into a banana republic. Russia has everything to lose if they do not take a forceful stand here